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SkyeandJett t1_je5an26 wrote

Reply to comment by imcompletlynormal in Anyone pessimistic about AI actually being incorporated? by imcompletlynormal

I think people underestimate the absolute scale at play here. A publicly accessible AGI would enable sole actors to upend huge sections of the economy. Companies will have to adapt quickly or die.

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Unfocusedbrain t1_je5fy87 wrote

Exactly. The AI field seems to be the last of the old Silicon Valley mindset of full-steam head on innovation, consequences be damned. Companies like Google (who have calcified) are too slow to react to these changes, whereas OpenAI, Microsoft, and countless startups have read the writing on the wall.

Adapt and progress, or die.

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SkyeandJett t1_je5hydx wrote

It's another reason I think people underestimate the scale and speed with which white collar work will be more or less eliminated. You either adopt AI and layoff as quickly as reasonably possible or you get crushed by your competitor that does. Employees, especially white collar employees, are a massive expense.

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Loud_Clerk_9399 t1_je732ic wrote

Even if they adapt they will still die. I think that's what people fail to realize.

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